Home Health Account Specialist
Florence, SC Florence, SC Full-time Full-time Estimated:
$28.
4K - $36K a year Estimated:
$28.
4K - $36K a year 1 day ago 1 day ago 1 day ago Florence, SC TRACKING CODE 9790 JOB DESCRIPTION Maintains a professional image and exhibits excellent customer relations to patients, visitors, physicians, and co-workers in accordance with our Service Excellence Standards and Core Values.
The direct activities of the Home Health coding, collection, and billing functions.
Government, non-government, managed commercial care, self-pay and litigation AR accounts; with responsibility of cash flow as it relates to coding, billing, and collections.
Ensuring patient inquiries are researched and resolved in a timely manner.
Ensuring that third party assignments and estate claims are handled in a fashion that protects the Home Health interest and funds.
Documenting/reviewing actions taken and obtained from the county welfare departments on pending medical accounts.
Ensuring professional development and providing quality work.
Assisting in the development, of the departmental annual strategies.
Completing required continuous training and education, including department specific requirements.
Trouble shooting so that the patient, family members, physician and Home Health Administrative staff member's expectations are met and/or exceeded.
Having complete understanding of all Home Health policy and procedures and is able to administer the policies according to the established stated and federal guidelines.
Ensuring that customers receive accurate responses to inquires in a manner that consistently meets or exceeds the expectations of McLeod Health.
This position is involved in all processes related to coding, cash posting, electronic and manual billing, credit balance resolution, posting error resolution, adjustment verification against state, federal and managed commercial contracts, suspense account reconciliation to include reporting of variances related to expected reimbursement verses actual reimbursement.
Government and state reports must be completed and submitted timely for a Home Health patient to qualify.
This position will identify any errors and/or omissions in reimbursement processes, unfavorable trends and assure Home Health compliance.
He/She is fully trained and understands the policies and procedures and administrations of those according to established guidelines.
The position will require extremely conscientious work organization, excellent communication skills, flexibility and the ability to perform detailed follow-through.
Qualifications /Training:
Must have excellent working knowledge of computers, requirements for electronic and manual billing to third party payers, accounting principles, medical terminology, medical coding and general office procedures.
Must be competent to perform data entry and to differentiate billing requirements amount various payer groups.
Must be able to use excel, 10 key adding machine, and word processing.
Must have excellent communication and organizational skills.
Must be highly adaptable, critical thinker, problem solver and have the ability to initiate and make decisions to carry out work assignments within the guidelines provided.
Three to five years of billing, collection, cash posting, general data entry and coding experience within a hospital and/or medical setting preferred.
Licenses/Certifications/Registrations/Education:
Minimum of a High School Diploma/GED from an accredited school WORK SCHEDULE Full time JOB LOCATION Florence, SC, United States POSITION TYPE Full time.
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
$28.
4K - $36K a year Estimated:
$28.
4K - $36K a year 1 day ago 1 day ago 1 day ago Florence, SC TRACKING CODE 9790 JOB DESCRIPTION Maintains a professional image and exhibits excellent customer relations to patients, visitors, physicians, and co-workers in accordance with our Service Excellence Standards and Core Values.
The direct activities of the Home Health coding, collection, and billing functions.
Government, non-government, managed commercial care, self-pay and litigation AR accounts; with responsibility of cash flow as it relates to coding, billing, and collections.
Ensuring patient inquiries are researched and resolved in a timely manner.
Ensuring that third party assignments and estate claims are handled in a fashion that protects the Home Health interest and funds.
Documenting/reviewing actions taken and obtained from the county welfare departments on pending medical accounts.
Ensuring professional development and providing quality work.
Assisting in the development, of the departmental annual strategies.
Completing required continuous training and education, including department specific requirements.
Trouble shooting so that the patient, family members, physician and Home Health Administrative staff member's expectations are met and/or exceeded.
Having complete understanding of all Home Health policy and procedures and is able to administer the policies according to the established stated and federal guidelines.
Ensuring that customers receive accurate responses to inquires in a manner that consistently meets or exceeds the expectations of McLeod Health.
This position is involved in all processes related to coding, cash posting, electronic and manual billing, credit balance resolution, posting error resolution, adjustment verification against state, federal and managed commercial contracts, suspense account reconciliation to include reporting of variances related to expected reimbursement verses actual reimbursement.
Government and state reports must be completed and submitted timely for a Home Health patient to qualify.
This position will identify any errors and/or omissions in reimbursement processes, unfavorable trends and assure Home Health compliance.
He/She is fully trained and understands the policies and procedures and administrations of those according to established guidelines.
The position will require extremely conscientious work organization, excellent communication skills, flexibility and the ability to perform detailed follow-through.
Qualifications /Training:
Must have excellent working knowledge of computers, requirements for electronic and manual billing to third party payers, accounting principles, medical terminology, medical coding and general office procedures.
Must be competent to perform data entry and to differentiate billing requirements amount various payer groups.
Must be able to use excel, 10 key adding machine, and word processing.
Must have excellent communication and organizational skills.
Must be highly adaptable, critical thinker, problem solver and have the ability to initiate and make decisions to carry out work assignments within the guidelines provided.
Three to five years of billing, collection, cash posting, general data entry and coding experience within a hospital and/or medical setting preferred.
Licenses/Certifications/Registrations/Education:
Minimum of a High School Diploma/GED from an accredited school WORK SCHEDULE Full time JOB LOCATION Florence, SC, United States POSITION TYPE Full time.
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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